Ô Lake ~ Refuge

Refuge is a debut album that doesn’t sound like a debut.  Beautifully composed and presented by Sylvain Texier (Ô Lake), it’s a perfect reflection of its title, a sweet and soothing set that allows the listener to take refuge in its melodies.  The

Ô Lake ~ Refuge

Refuge is a debut album that doesn’t sound like a debut.  Beautifully composed and presented by Sylvain Texier (Ô Lake), it’s a perfect reflection of its title, a sweet and soothing set that allows the listener to take refuge in its melodies.  The

Sound Propositions: Rutger Zuydervelt

Machinefabriek ~ Sahara Mixtape Machinefabriek ~ With Voices Rutger Zuydervelt / Gareth Davis ~ Sileen II These three new works from Rutger Zuydervelt (better known as Machinefabriek) are each so singular, so utterly distinct from one another while retaining the

Sound Propositions: Rutger Zuydervelt

Machinefabriek ~ Sahara Mixtape Machinefabriek ~ With Voices Rutger Zuydervelt / Gareth Davis ~ Sileen II These three new works from Rutger Zuydervelt (better known as Machinefabriek) are each so singular, so utterly distinct from one another while retaining the

Lee Gamble ~ In a Paraventral Scale

In a Paraventral Scale plays with the idea that there might be a musical note set that exists at the sides of the ventral scales, which can be found at the bottom of snakes, smaller and more flexible, covered by

Lee Gamble ~ In a Paraventral Scale

In a Paraventral Scale plays with the idea that there might be a musical note set that exists at the sides of the ventral scales, which can be found at the bottom of snakes, smaller and more flexible, covered by

Black to Comm ~ Seven Horses for Seven Kings

How do you go about capturing regression in an avant-garde form? Experimental approaches will always undermine any traditional references, and even at their most dystopian they will always capture an abrasiveness that is fundamentally new. Seven Horses for Seven Kings

Black to Comm ~ Seven Horses for Seven Kings

How do you go about capturing regression in an avant-garde form? Experimental approaches will always undermine any traditional references, and even at their most dystopian they will always capture an abrasiveness that is fundamentally new. Seven Horses for Seven Kings

Long Hallways ~ Close Your Eyes to Travel

Oregon quintet Long Hallways calls itself “an eclectic post-rock band,” and we agree.  The band incorporates not only other genres, but other instruments on their third album, inviting guest musicians on violin and sax ~ this in addition to the pre-existing cello,

Long Hallways ~ Close Your Eyes to Travel

Oregon quintet Long Hallways calls itself “an eclectic post-rock band,” and we agree.  The band incorporates not only other genres, but other instruments on their third album, inviting guest musicians on violin and sax ~ this in addition to the pre-existing cello,

Alina Kalancea ~ The 5th Apple

In this day and age, it’s hard to find original music, but there are still unopened tombs and places yet to be raided. Enter Alina Kalancea and her album The 5th Apple, a genuinely unique set which leans into the

Alina Kalancea ~ The 5th Apple

In this day and age, it’s hard to find original music, but there are still unopened tombs and places yet to be raided. Enter Alina Kalancea and her album The 5th Apple, a genuinely unique set which leans into the

Joseph Sannicandro presents “ma(d)re nostrx ii” [mix]

Live sound mix by sound artist Joseph Sannicandro for Free City Radio with Stefan Christoff, mixed live on radio CKUT in Montreal, 26 December 2018.   This mix was presented live on CKUT for Free City Radio the day after

Joseph Sannicandro presents “ma(d)re nostrx ii” [mix]

Live sound mix by sound artist Joseph Sannicandro for Free City Radio with Stefan Christoff, mixed live on radio CKUT in Montreal, 26 December 2018.   This mix was presented live on CKUT for Free City Radio the day after

Gideon Wolf ~ Replicas

What happened to the places we used to know?  The question is nostalgic, melancholic, hanging in the air like a dust mote.  A further question, perplexed, shellshocked: What happened to people?  And the last, perhaps most frightening question:  What happened to me?

Gideon Wolf ~ Replicas

What happened to the places we used to know?  The question is nostalgic, melancholic, hanging in the air like a dust mote.  A further question, perplexed, shellshocked: What happened to people?  And the last, perhaps most frightening question:  What happened to me?